The praise (yes, *praise*) by CNN for Pam Bondi is stunning, given that this was the most startlingly unprofessional public performance by an Attorney General in at least a century: "Bondi fended off questions....using quick-one liners to deflect and personal attacks to push back against Democrats."

This PROOF report shows how every law enforcement priority Trump and his team have selected is about removing protections from kids. This case is in line with that—and tells you everything you need to know about the relationship Team Trump has with the notion of protecting kids from abuse by adults.

Given the deliberately inept way the US stages its elections, welcomes gerrymandering and tolerates the electoral college, American democracy was always a contradiction in terms. But what else can you call armed masked gangs disappearing people from the streets but American fascism?